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INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
1 You must choose one of the commissions given in this paper.
2 You should discuss with your teacher anything you do not understand.
3 There are 10 commissions to choose from, one each on pages 4 –13.
4 You must choose a Community Context for your Realisation.
Now read the detailed instructions given on pages 2 and 3.
INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES
• This document consists of 16 pages. Any blank pages are indicated.
To be opened on receipt29 February – 29 April 2016GCSE EXPRESSIVE ARTS
A693/01 Working in Response to a Commission in a Community Context
To be given to candidates six weeks before the date of the start of the 12 hour test but teachers may be given the paper on receipt by the centre.
You must create your Realisation as a response to one of the commissions and base it on your preparation work.
The Realisation must be your original work and a response to your chosen commission.
All rehearsals, drafts and development work based on your chosen commission can be included in your documentation and will be counted towards your final mark.
Your Realisation might be a performance, a presentation, an exhibition, or an artefact; it might be something for people to look at or listen to; or it might be a combination of these.
At the end of the 12 hours, you will demonstrate, show or perform your Realisation to a visiting examiner.
Make sure your Realisation fulfils the commission you have chosen. You will be able to access high marks only if the examiner can see evidence of links between the commission and your Realisation.
THE DOCUMENTATION
You must hand in your documentation at the end of the 12 hours. The documentation must include evidence of:
• planning and selection of artforms, influences from artworks, cultural and historical influences, the community context, your research into and interpretation of the commission (AO2)
• use of skills, processes, techniques, genre and style, shaping and structuring (AO2)
• application of the Areas of Study to the work in progress and its realisation (AO2)
• communicating, demonstrating interaction of the artforms (AO3).
Your Documentary Evidence will be either:
• about 600 words of continuous prose
Or
• between 6 and 10 sides of A4 or equivalent as a compendium, containing continuous writing, which may include notes or jottings and any of the following as appropriate:
artefacts computer aided designs diagramsmodels paintings and drawings photographs and still imagessculptures other 3D work sketchesstoryboards sound recordings textilescreative writing moving image recordings scenarios
Or
• between 6 and 8 minutes of CD or DVD commentary and visual evidence with some accompanying explanation in continuous writing, which may include notes or jottings
Or
• a combination of elements from the above.
Assessment Objective 2 20 marksAssessment Objective 3 60 marks
The composer of this short piece of music was originally thought to be Joseph Haydn. However, it has now been suggested that the composer was someone else. The music has been very popular with some dramatic and humorous performances.
The BBC reported that in September 2010 an 81-year-old man set out in a small inflatable dinghy to rescue his neighbour’s wheelie bin which was swept out to sea in bad weather (the wheelie bin, according to the photo, is not much smaller than the dinghy). He was, unsurprisingly, not wearing a lifejacket. A mile off the coast, the local lifeboat picked him up and took him to hospital, where he was treated for hypothermia. They then went back for the dinghy and wheelie bin, which was still half full of rubbish.
Granny bootAn extract from a poem by Spike Milligan (1918–2002)
Granny in her bed one nightHeard a little squeak!And then a littlePeck-peck-peckLike something with a beakThen something that went Binkle-BonkIckle-tickle-tootAnd all of it was comingFrom inside Grandma’s boot!
The poem is from a collection called ‘Unspun Socks From A Chicken’s Laundry’ (1981).
OUR MAN IN HAVANAA novel set in Cuba by Graham Greene
It tells the story of Wormold, an ineffective vacuum salesman unwittingly recruited by the British secret service. He invents a network of agents and contacts and sends diagrams of vacuum-cleaner parts making believe they are classified information – weapons of mass de-suction! Disaster looms but somehow he manages to come out of it as a success – and stay alive!
Made into a film in 1959 and a play in 2007, it is an entertaining tale with a murky side to it.
“Razor sharp theatre group Les Enfants Terribles” (THE TELEGRAPH) is dedicated to creating original, innovative and exciting theatre that challenges, inspires and entertains. We are constantly pushing ourselves to explore and develop new techniques and methods to tell stories whilst at the heart of our work always remaining accessible to our audience and ever growing fanbase.
Born out of genuine passion and excitement for creating theatre, we are always keen to find new ways of immersing ourselves and our audiences into the weird and wonderful worlds created by our shows.
THE SPIDER AND THE FLYAn extract from the poem by Mary Howitt
“Will you walk into my parlour?” said the Spider to the Fly,’Tis the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy;
The way into my parlour is up a winding stair,And I’ve a many curious things to shew when you are there.”
“Oh no, no,” said the little Fly, “to ask me is in vain,For who goes up your winding stair can ne’er come down again.”
“I’m sure you must be weary, dear, with soaring up so high;Will you rest upon my little bed?” said the Spider to the Fly.
“There are pretty curtains drawn around; the sheets are fine and thin,And if you like to rest awhile, I’ll snugly tuck you in!”
“Oh no, no,” said the little Fly, “for I’ve often heard it said,They never, never wake again, who sleep upon your bed!”
Said the cunning Spider to the Fly, “Dear friend what can I do,To prove the warm affection I’ve always felt for you?I have within my pantry, good store of all that’s nice;
I’m sure you’re very welcome – will you please to take a slice?”“Oh no, no,” said the little Fly, “kind Sir, that cannot be,
I’ve heard what’s in your pantry, and I do not wish to see!”
“Sweet creature!” said the Spider, “you’re witty and you’re wise,How handsome are your gauzy wings, how brilliant are your eyes!
I’ve a little looking-glass upon my parlour shelf,If you’ll step in one moment, dear, you shall behold yourself.”
“I thank you, gentle sir,” she said, “for what you’re pleased to say,And bidding you good morning now, I’ll call another day.”
The Spider turned him round about, and went into his den,For well he knew the silly Fly would soon come back again:
So he wove a subtle web, in a little corner sly,And set his table ready, to dine upon the Fly.
Then he came out to his door again, and merrily did sing,“Come hither, hither, pretty Fly, with the pearl and silver wing;
Your robes are green and purple – there’s a crest upon your head;Your eyes are like the diamond bright, but mine are dull as lead!”
Le Navet Bête: Rumpus‘The chaos causing clowns are back with a brand new outdoor show. Join the four boys from Le Navet Bete once again and experience a whole new level of ridiculousness. Expect characteristic live music,
audience interaction, circus influences and down-right silliness.’(Ignite: Exeter Festival)
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